I’ve been on a diet for several months now and when I travel it always presents a challenge in terms of having the proper discipline to eat light. Nothing like cold fish soup to help out a diet right? But seriously, this is simply the best Ceviche I have ever had. If you are ever in Ventura California take the Vista Del Mar exit and head towards the beach. In about 3 blocks you will find Dukes on your left. They make the worlds best Ceviche fresh each morning and it is to die for. You MUST try it!
I got inspired to post this recipe this morning after making them for the family. Enoy.
Description
A Dutch Baby pancake is a German Pancake that is a cross between a soufflé, Yorksire pudding and an omelet – it is a light, airy pancake with sides. It is made with eggs, flour and milk, and usually seasoned with vanilla and nutmeg, although occasionally sugar is also added (but I don’t recommend it, they are much better with no sugar in the batter). It is baked in a iron skillet and falls soon after being removed from the oven. It is generally served with fresh squeezed lemon, butter, and powdered sugar or fruit toppings or syrup. The lemon and powdered sugar should be applied liberally in my opinion.
Ingredients
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1 pinch ground nutmeg
1 pinch salt
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar for dusting
Directions
Place a 10 inch cast iron skillet inside oven and preheat oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C). I actually use two small 6 inch iron skillets most of the time.
In a medium bowl, beat eggs with a whisk until light. Add milk and stir. Gradually whisk in flour, nutmeg and salt.
Remove skillet from oven and reduce oven heat to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Melt butter in hot skillet so that inside of skillet is completely coated with butter. Pour all the batter in the skillet and return skillet to oven.
Bake until puffed and lightly browned, about 12 minutes. Remove promptly and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Squeeze 1-2 lemon wedges over the Dutch baby, apply fruit (or not) and then (using a hand strainer) shake powdered sugar liberally on top.
I’ve gone out a limb and filled out my brackets for the record. And yes that’s right, I’m ever hopeful that youthful athleticism of The Cats and experienced coaching of Calapari will bring home the banner this year. Caroline’s Crimson Tide brought home the football title, perhaps The Cats will be able to do the same on the Basketball side of the Scifres houshold.
Brining the chicken is a MUST because it seems to help make the chicken juicier. To brine, first mix 4 cups of cold water with ¼ cup of kosher salt and ¼ cup of brown sugar. Stir until dissolved. Wash and put the boneless, skinless chicken strips in a gallon size zip-lock bag and pour the brine mixture in the bag and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours. Now, it is time to make the marinade.
Marinade ingredients:
1-1/2 cups of apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
Juice from one lemon or lime (whichever you prefer – mixing both is tasty too)
1/2 cup orange juice
8 tsp of minced garlic
1/4 cup honey
1 cup of Heinz 57 sauce
1/2 cup of Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup A-1 Marinade
Tabasco to taste
4 tsp flaked red pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
Remove the chicken strips from the brine and rinse and pat dry with a paper towel. Submerge the chicken strips in the marinade (you can use a Tupperware type bowl with a lid, a zip-lock bag or for best results a Vacuvin Marinater) and refrigerate a minimum of 4 to 6 hours. Please note it is best to let them soak overnight. You should set aside some of the marinade to baste the chicken breasts when cooking. Remove and grill. And that’s pretty much it. Good luck!
Finally finished the 2009 Adventure book – (Preview Book). 470 Photos in 240 pages using BookSmart by blurb.com. This is the third year I have used blurb.com to produce our custom print on demand annual. A new feature of the application I really enjoyed this year is that you can now edit the fixed layouts and create your own new custom layouts. I didn’t use that feature as much as I would like to have done on this years book mainly because of the rush to get it out. I intended to do more customization going forward. If I can just discipline myself to build this thing each month vs. the entire thing at the end of the year.
Mr. Smog, a Bearded Dragon may become our newest pet if I don’t manage to get him back to Plum Tree Montessori soon. Caroline is totally obsessed with him and getting awfully attached to him. He is kind of neat.
It’s the first real potential for snowfall this winter and I am looking forward to it. The sooner the better I say. I want to go have some fun with the family in the snow.
The Known Universe is from the American Museum of Natural History and shows a view of the universe, starting from the Himalayas and quickly moving out to the edge where all is black and scary – this was made possible by the records in the Digital Universe Atlas.
Burgess Falls State Park is a state park and state natural area in Putnam County and White County, Tennessee, located in the Southeastern United States. The park is situated around a steep gorge in which the Falling Water River drops 250 feet (76 m) in elevation in less than a mile, culminating in a 136-foot (41 m) cataract waterfall.
I was fortunate enough to be able to visit this park while on the way for a weekend camping at Standing Stone State Park. This place is totally amazing, it was like walking on to the set of Jurassic Park. The hike down the falls is pretty strenuous and along several sections the trail has a 20-40 foot drop down one side. So be careful particularly with children if you take them along like I did. Continue reading »
Everybody needs their own personal mission statement. Fortunately there are resources available on the internet to assist us in creating one without having to actually think about it. Mission Statement Generator by Dilbert
Sample mission examples:
Our challenge is to seamlessly provide access to emerging opportunities while maintaining the highest standards
or
We interactively leverage other’s parallel paradigms and assertively maintain high-payoff benefits to stay competitive in tomorrow’s world
or
It is our business to professionally enhance prospective products and services so that we may quickly create timely deliverables to exceed customer expectations
or
It is our mission to interactively create high standards in intellectual capital as well as to competently disseminate virtual deliverables
It’s addictive, seriously, go create your own. Enjoy, David
I was looking for a good place to get T’s done for the group and I ran across Cafepress.com. You should really go check it out. They have all kinds of stuff you can create. I tried to do some versions of shirts we might want to use. I think I like the off white with the brown logo best personally. Does anybody have a preference? Pat can you help me out by doing a PNG of both the brown and the black logo? The final product will be much better that way.
Everybody needs their own personal mission statement. Fortunately there are resources available on the internet to assist us in creating one without having to actually think about it. 
